Accounts Payable Auditor

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New York's DCAS is hiring a Management Auditor to serve as the Account Payable Auditor within the FBM team. The role focuses on overseeing OMNY program payments, bank account management, reconciliations, and strict financial compliance across city agencies.

Responsibilities include funding OMNY accounts, monthly reconciliations, reviewing ACH transactions, and ensuring payments are properly documented and authorized. Eligible permanent civil service candidates are invited to apply.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in auditing, accounting, finance, economics, statistics, law, quantitative or qualitative research methodology, mathematics, data science, management, public or business administration, computer science/information technology, or a related field.
• One of: one year of full-time satisfactory experience in performance auditing per GAGAS, financial/internal IT auditing; or a valid CPA license; or a valid CIA certificate.

Responsibilities

• Oversee OMNY Program payment processing and bank account management.
• Conduct monthly bank reconciliations and verify ACH transactions.
• Ensure vendor payments are accurate, properly documented, and compliant with policies.
• Audit procurement types, bidding, vendor awards, budget and accounting codes, and related compliance.
• Review and assist with approval of vendor payments, reimbursements, and other expenditures.

Skills

Auditing knowledge

Attention to detail

Public sector auditing

Education

Bachelor's degree + 24 credits in auditing, accounting, finance, economics, statistics, law, data science, etc.

Job description

• Job Category: Finance, Accounting, & Procurement
• Salary Band: $70,000 to $80,000
• Compensation: USD 65,091 - USD 74,855

Job Description

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City's most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

• Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
• Managing 56 public buildings.
• Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
• Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
• Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
• Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service to all of them. It's an opportunity to provide meaningful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at NYC.GOV/DCAS to learn more about the work we do.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) seeks to hire a Management Auditor who will function as the Account Payable Auditor within the Fiscal and Business Management (FBM) Line of Service.

Reporting directly to the Deputy Director, the Account Payable Auditor will be responsible for overseeing the OMNY Program payment processing, bank account management, reconciliations, and financial compliance. It ensures that vendor payments and expenditures are accurate, properly funded, fully documented, and processed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and Comptroller's Directives.

• Manages the funding and replenishment of the OMNY bank account to ensure sufficient funds are available to meet payment obligations.
• Monitors the OMNY bank account for insufficient funds and coordinates timely funding as needed.
• Performs monthly bank reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of account activity and balances.
• Reviews ACH transactions to verify that amounts withdrawn from the OMNY bank account reconcile with amounts reported by OCP.
• Ensures all payment requests are thoroughly reviewed to verify that payments are legitimate, fully documented, properly authorized, and released to vendors within required timeframes, with accurate funding remitted.
• Audits procurement types and methodologies, competitive bidding and vendor award documentation, budget and accounting codes, prior disbursement history, pricing, discount provisions, quantities previously received, timesheets, liens, prevailing wage requirements, delivery and inspection certifications, special rate-escalation clauses, CPI adjustments, certified payrolls, retainage provisions, and assignments of payments and contracts to ensure compliance and proper payment distribution.
• Reviews and assists with the approval of vendor payments, reimbursements, and other expenditures, ensuring transactions are accurate, properly supported, and compliant with applicable policies and procedures.

Qualifications

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in auditing, accounting, finance, economics, statistics, law, quantitative or qualitative research methodology, mathematics, data science, management, public or business administration, computer science /information technology, or a related field, and one of the following:

• (a) one year of full-time satisfactory experience in performance auditing according to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), financial auditing, internal auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing; or
• (b) a valid Certified Public Accountant license issued by the New York State Education Department; or
• (c) a valid Certified Internal Auditor certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as a Management Auditor - Assignment I or at least two years of experience in performance auditing according to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), internal auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing.

Eligibility

Only permanent employees in the civil service title of Management Auditor or confirmed passers of the Management Auditor Exam # 7047 are eligible to apply.

Special Note

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as a Management Auditor - Assignment I or at least two years of experience in performance auditing according to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), internal auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.